Class: ELA 9

Lesson Number 1 out of 15 Total in Unit

Objective of Lesson:
Students will begin thinking about the overarching themes of our unit: justice and power. They will form
tentative understandings of how justice and power function together both historically and in the present
day.
Learner Outcomes (Program of Studies)
1.2 Extend understanding: assess whether new information extends
understanding by considering diverse opinions and exploring
ambiguities

Plan for Diversity

Use of multimedia and
technology
Whole group, small group,
and individual work
opportunities

Prerequisite Knowledge, Skills, Strategies and Attitudes

Students must be able to look at the world from a variety of
perspectives
Basic understanding of institutionalized systems of justice in Canada
(covered in Social Studies 9)

Preliminary Matters
(Announcements, etc.)
Hand out unit overview

Introduction

Minutes

What the teacher

does

What the
student
does

Resources

10

Play YouTube clip

from The Help
(bathroom scene)
Ask students if
these injustices
still exist in our
world today

Watch and
listen

SmartBoard
Internet
connection

Participation
Assess student
understanding of
injustice

Distribute copies
of CBC news
article:
Transgender
bathroom debate
has students
wondering what
the big deal is

Read article
individually
Discuss
opinions in
table groups

Class set of
news article
handouts

Formatively assess
students through
observation

(Link to previous
learning,
introduction of new
concepts)

Activity
Sequence
May involve
Presentation,
Explanation, Guided
Practice,
Independent
Practice
OR
Approaching,
Encountering,
Noticing
Internalizing
Applying,
Refining
Personalizing,
Transforming,
Assessing

30

10

Reconvene
students and lead
whole group

Assessment

Respond
and discuss

Class participation
Contribute
to whole

discussion of
findings

Closure
(Summary of
learning, link to
upcoming learning)

Reflection:

10

Introduce the
novel study To Kill
a Mockingbird
Introduce Essential
Question: Who
decides what is
right?
Discuss Entry
Tweet for
homework:
Tweet 3 important
things that were
happening in the
U.S. in the 1960s.

group
discussion

SmartBoard
Internet
connection

Copies of Exit
Tweet for
students
without
access to
technology

Formative
assessment &
opportunities for
teacher feedback